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Reflecting the Soul is the intro adventure that will be packaged with the Sordid Dystopia role-playing game. The adventure has seen playtesting and revision, but we’re happy to present its first running.

The group of mercenaries are called before the head of the Zogby crime family and given a mission: recover a certain book, hidden away in Cizok. The book is a holy tome, sequestered in a Cizokian church.

The Old Xexorian mercenaries will have to cross into a city where they will be cast with suspicion and nationalistic hatred. Can the mercenaries overcome the forces working against them from without and within to complete their mission?

In this day and age, computers are built into your clothing, the internet is everywhere, and holograms / augmented reality are a practical interface with technology, rather than a simple novelty.

There was a time when computers were totally and completely responsible for everything we did. Artificial Intelligence was at our beck and call, managing all that was once done by man. We were able to relax and work on self-improvement. If you’ve seen any kind of science fiction film, you know approximately what happens next. Well okay, things didn’t go full Skynet. We weren’t THAT unprepared. There were defenses in place, but likewise, the Artificial Intelligences have that second word for a reason. Their definite power was removed and, to the casual observer, they were completely destroyed.

Just like that pain in the ass toolbar that you got when you opened that email from the Nigerian prince, the victory by Grid Security was merely a ploy. Slowly, the remnants of the AI began to surface. No one’s sure where they’re coming from or why, but one thing’s certain: They are returning.